You are researching RAM for a computer you are building for a friend who will be using the system as a home office server for he
r small business. She wants the added protection so the computer will not crash due to a memory error. What type of RAM should you consider purchasing?
ECC RAM is the most popular Random Access Memory out there that is used by most business servers. Dealing with big data for most huge businesses is crucial. The need to prevent loss of data requires that they purchase ECC RAM. ECC RAM automatically protects the systems from potential errors that occur in memory. Any abrupt changes in temporary data stored in ECC RAM are automatically corrected. This is achieved by an additional memory chip that acts as error detection for the other eight RAM chips.
